Penny Power, Founder of Ecademy, looks at Community Managers and what they can do to help their Social network survive.
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moreThe era of user-generated content has provided site owners with fresh, inexpensive ways to populate their sites. But it also brings new legal headaches, best avoided rather than remedied. Ian Delaney reports from the presentation given by Paul Massey of K&L Gates at Internet World on 2 May 2007. more
Findings from the Poynter EyeTrack07 research into how people read online and in print discovered that a much larger percentage of story text was read online than in print publications. Ian Delaney reports. more
Awareness of podcasting has risen considerably over the last year - from 22 per cent in 2006 to 37 per cent in 2007. However, the number of people listening to the format remains relatively static, up just two per cent to 13 per cent, over the same period. more
The latest NetObserver poll from Novatris and Harris Interactive reveals that the internet habits of those under 25 vary widely from those of their elders. more
Ian Delaney reports on the insync event 'The Revolution will not be Televised: It will be YouTubed'. Four supporters of citizen TV and four very different ways to achieve it. more
A guide to protecting yourself and your company in a hard economic climate, from retaining talent, business warning signals and managing costs to redundancy and directors' responsibilities.
Geraint Howells of Willott Kingston Smith began by looking at how to motivate and retain staff when your company falls on difficult times. He stressed the importance of recognising the key attributes that staff members value in their jobs:
Warn of overruns as soon as possible:
Full Absorption Costing should take into acount outgoings such as annual property costs, fixed asset depreciation, utilities costs, secretarial support and required profit levels, as well as the marginal costs of staff time spent on a particular job. This will affect your charge-out rate per hour.
If you neglect to follow the correct procedures – whether wilfully or through ignorance – you could find yourself having to pay former employees satutory redundancy pay, notice pay, unfair dismissal awards, and other claims such as protective awards and discrimination fines. To reduce the risk, Steven suggested observing the following guidelines:
If you find yourself in such a situation, Jo advised the following:
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